slick-rick-rap50-events.jpg DJ Cassidy's Pass The Mic Live! - Credit: Richard Bord/Getty Images Hip-hop turns 50 on Aug. 11, and it seems that the whole world is celebrating. From concerts organized ...

Figuring out what counts as the alpha moment, the big bang explosion, that led to an entire, massive musical genre such as hip hop and rap is, at best, a speculative affair. Mostly, it’s a really good ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- This week is the 50th anniversary of hip hop. While the genre was born in The Bronx, New York, Philadelphia played a role in crafting its legacy. Parry P is an icon of ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

Tomorrow, Aug. 11, the hip-hop world will celebrate 50 years of rap music, five decades removed from DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx that helped to christen the genre.

This article has been handpicked to be included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. On Friday, August 11, 2023, anyone sufficiently ...

With hip-hop’s official 50th birthday just months away, the 2023 Grammy Awards helped kick off the year-long festivities with the maximalist tribute performance encompassing (most of) the past 50 ...

In August 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, was DJing his sister’s back-to-school dance party in the Bronx. Campbell combined two turntables and a mixer to break the beats of songs — and, in the ...

There’s no agreed upon birthdate of the term “rock’n’roll.” Ohio DJ Alan Freed is widely credited with popularizing it in the early 1950s to describe a new upbeat version of R&B music that was gaining ...

Today, the hip hop world celebrates the 60th birthday of Dana Dane, one of Brooklyn’s most influential MCs and a true pioneer of storytelling rap. Born Dana McLeese, the rapper rose to prominence in ...

A very big Happy Birthday shout-out goes out to Hip-Hop legend and actor Redman. The Newark, NJ bred veteran turns a half-century today and is showing no signs of slowing down; his progress of ...